The resistance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds to the cowpea weevil (callosobruchus maculatus) is due to the association of variant vicilins (7S storage proteins) to chitinous structures in the insect's midgut

Arquivos de Biologia e Technologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 693-699

  Xavier Filho, J ^a   Sales, Maurício P ^a   Fernandes, Kátia Valevski S ^a   Gomes, Valdirene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

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